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The phrase "a proportion around" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a specific ratio or fraction in relation to a particular context or subject matter.
Example: "The study found that a proportion around 30% of participants reported feeling more energized after the intervention."
Alternatives: "a ratio of approximately" or "about a fraction of".
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Large-seeded species typical of old-growth forests, on the other hand, accounted for only 5 8% of the species recorded in the seed rain, a proportion around five times smaller than that reported for the old-growth forests of the same study site (31%).
Epidermal PAX3-positive melanocytes, like follicular cells, exhibit a variable differentiation status; the majority show a more mature phenotype, but a proportion (around 20%) show a less differentiated and proliferative phenotype.
There are thousands of unique MMR DNA variants, although a proportion of these (around 11%) are not pathogenic or likely not pathogenic and a proportion (around 32%) have unknown significance (i.e., could be pathogenic but not confirmed) [ 2].
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Of the 697 sequences frequently hypermethylated in cancer and unmethylated in at least one of the NTTs analyzed, 444 (66.70%) and 127 (18.22%) were respectively classified as Class A and Class B genes (Figure 1, and Tables 1 and S1), which indicates, contrary to expectation, that a substantial proportion (around 20%) of cancer methylated genes are also frequently hypermethylated in hESCs.
Notably, a significant proportion (around three in 10) of the younger teachers are leaving with an intention to return, for example going on sabbatical, travelling or starting a family.
The volatility is largely due to exports making up such a large proportion (around 88%) of Ireland's GDP, said IHS Global Insight economist Diego Iscaro.
There was little change in Lusaka with a stable proportion (around one third) of frontline staff involved in PMTCT delivery.
Several authors have shown that these antibodies are present in a significant proportion (around 50%) of patients with NCGS [ 32– 32].
Our results already indicate that LZTS1 mutations will likely account for only a small proportion (around 2% as deduced from our results) of EDS-HT patients.
A significant proportion (around 50%) of cells lack expression of the flag-tagged transgene on day 5 of differentiation and the flag-negative population are able to generate neurons.
Taken together, these data indicate that a significant proportion (around 24%) of duplicate gene expression evolution, ascribed to allopolyploid cotton, could have been generated immediately during allopolyploid formation by genetic and epigenetic factors associated with interspecific genomic merger [ 4, 5, 33].
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